DOWN THE STRETCH: Rensselaer hosts the College of St. Joseph (Vt.) on Monday (4:30pm), before traveling to Williams on Tuesday (4pm) for its final non-league game of the regular season ... The Engineers then host RIT for a four-game series this weekend, beginning on Friday (1pm).
FOLLOW THE ACTION: Live statistics all Rensselaer home games can be followed at www.sidearmstats.com/rpi/baseball.
ON THE AIR: All four games of this weekend's series against RIT can be heard live on 91.5 FM, WRPI or online at www.wrpi.org/listen.
RPI SPLITS AT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND: Matt Anziano went 3 for 4 during a 7-3 victory in the second game, helping Western New England salvage a split of its doubleheader against Rensselaer on Saturday ... The visiting Engineers picked up a 5-4 win in the opener ... Tom Mahoney scattered seven hits over 6.1 innings, allowing three runs (2 earned) and a walk ... Classmate Matt Fedor got the final two outs to secure the win ...
Nick Palmiero went 3 for 4, including a pair of doubles, and
Jason Ramos was 2 for 4 with two runs scored ... The Golden Bears got all the offense they needed with six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, to erase a 2-0 deficit ... Daniel Morin cut the lead in half with a RBI-single through the left side and junior Matt Calzone tied it 2-2 when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded ... Anziano capped the rally with a two-run single ... In the first game, Palmiero led RPI offensively by going 2 for 4 with two RBI and a run scored, and
Jared Jensen went 2 for 4 with a RBI and two runs. Jensen gave the Engineers a 1-0 lead with a triple to right field and he later scored on Palmiero's RBI-ground out to third base to make it 2-0 after one-half inning ... Maglio brought the hosts to within 2-1 with a run-scoring groundout in the second, but a single by Palmiero and a Golden Bear's error scored two runs to give RPI a 4-1 lead in the third ... Later in the frame,
Thomas Desmond brought Palmiero around to score with an opposite field single to left. ... Western New England scored single runs in each of the third, fourth and fifth innings, but the Engineers were able to hold on, thanks to 2.0 shutout innings of relief by
Adam Aponte.
RENSSELAER BATTING LEADERS: Senior
Nick Palmiero is batting a team-high .386 (39 for 101) with 12 doubles, three triples, a home run, 29 runs scored and 29 runs batted in ... Classmate
Tim LeSuer is right behind him at .385 (40 for 104) with seven doubles, a triple, 36 runs and 23 RBI, while compiling a .507 on-base percentage ... Fellow senior
Jared Jensen rounds out the top three hitters at .377 (40 for 106) with seven doubles, four triples, five home runs, 37 runs and 25 RBI.
PITCHING LEADERS: Senior
Sean Conroy is 4-1 with a 1.53 earned run average in eight starts ... He has 52 strikeouts in 47.0 innings, including four complete game (1 SO) ... Junior
Greg Echeverria is 4-3 with a 1.84 ERA in eight appearances (7 starts) ... He has 48 Ks and just seven walks in 53.2 innings.
FOR ST. JOSEPH: The Fighting Saints are led offensively by Jayson Osborne, who is batting .363 with 15 doubles, three triples and nine home runs ... Tyler Kunzmann is hitting .306 with seven doubles, a triple and two homers ... Bill Brancatella is 6-2 with a 2.92 ERA in 52.1 innings.
